My Baby Can't Co-Op With These Wipes! (Co-op Baby Wipes)

Member Name: Dulcie

Product:	Co-op Baby Wipes
Date:	01/05/01 (31 review reads)
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Advantages: None

Disadvantages: Gave my baby nappy rash

We had an emergency! We'd ran out of our baby's usual wipes and as it was a Sunday and the Co-Op was the nearest available shop open, my husband went there to buy another pack.

Unfortunately, instead of buying our baby's usual brand (which didn't cost much more anyway), he bought a refill pack of the Co-Op's own brand of wipes instead. What a mistake!

On opening the pack, the wipes had a reasonably strong perfume to them - not the usual nice baby smell either, in fact they smelt quite chemically. That gave me a warning bell - I must admit, I prefer to use unperfumed products in the nappy area.

The wipes are quite thick and strong, though they don't feel as soft and delicate as other brands. They felt a lot damper than other wipes I'd used, so I found I had to wipe baby's bottom dry with plenty of cotton wool afterwards.

After about half a day of using them, my baby came out in a rash. She'd never suffered with nappy rash before - she looked really sore and it was causing her a lot of discomfort. I stopped using the wipes immediately, applied some baby cream and started using cotton wool and water until we acquired some of our usual wipes.

Within a day the rash had disappeared and we've learnt our lesson. Co-Op Baby wipes are certainly not best for our baby's bottom!

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